Chapter 651: Insights on Passing the Tribulation

Su Hanyu had naturally read the insights on forming a Golden Core that the senior from the Su Family had gifted his master, which contained quite a bit of experience regarding how Purple Mansion cultivators undergo their tribulation. These insights and experiences were extremely precious; in Zheng Guo, only the Yunyang Sect possessed them, and they would never pass such insights on to outsiders.

Even when his master had gone to borrow them in the past, he was simply told that unless he joined the Yunyang Sect, they would not be lent out at all.

In reality, this kind of insight on forming a Golden Core was indeed the most guarded knowledge of the major sects, and it was in no way inferior to the high-level techniques of their own sects.

Moreover, in order to maintain their monopoly, the major sects rarely allowed such insights and experiences on forming a Golden Core to circulate.

The Yunyang Sect's approach was not wrong in any way.

Monopolization was truly too common in the world of immortal cultivation.

Some acted even more excessively; by comparison, the Su Family truly acted with magnanimity. Over these years, Su Hanyu had been able to feel that grand and magnanimous nature of the Su Family.

While their strength was indeed not up to par with the Yunyang Sect, when it came to generosity and fairness, they were absolutely no worse than the Yunyang Sect, and perhaps even a cut above.

The Su Family treated outsiders and their own kin almost exactly the same.

And it was the same for their allies; for his Taihe Lineage, which produced a Purple Mansion cultivator every few decades, it was thanks to the Essence of A-Wood provided by the Su Family that they were able to open up the Purple Mansion.

This allowed the Taihe Lineage to gain yet another Purple Mansion cultivator.

As for the Foundation Establishment stage, the Taihe Lineage was not lacking, as his master was himself a Quasi-Alchemist Master.

Because of this, the disciples of the Taihe Lineage had grown increasingly close to the Su Family over the years. In Su Hanyu's view, the eventual union of the two sides and the integration of the Taihe Lineage into the Su Family would surely be smooth and without waves.

Even if his master had broken through to the Golden Core Stage.

He feared there would not be any surprises.

Because he knew the situation inside; his master's success in forming a Golden Core could not have been separated from that senior of the Su Family.

This insight and experience on forming a Golden Core alone was a massive favor.

Especially regarding the experience of undergoing the Thunder Tribulation, which he had also read.

His master's success in passing the tribulation this time had relied quite a bit on this tribulation experience.

Especially regarding the timing of using artifacts.

His master had three third-tier high-grade artifacts, one of which was his Natal Artifact, and then that senior from the Su Family had sent over four more artifacts: two fourth-tier and two third-tier.

He had to admit, the scale of this gesture left him exceptionally shocked.

The Thunder Tribulation of forming a Golden Core, especially the final six paths, was extremely powerful; to survive it, one required seasoned experience and the correct timing for using artifacts.

Because artifacts would inevitably be damaged while blocking lightning, and once an artifact that had been refined for many years was damaged, the person themselves would also suffer heavy injuries; the artifact and the refiner could be said to share the same fate.

In fact, when fighting in the world of immortal cultivation, one was also extremely cautious.

Therefore, when undergoing the tribulation, one had to be extremely careful with these artifacts refined over many years, not using them too much for defense; once there was slight damage, one had to immediately withdraw them and switch to another artifact.

His master's tribulation this time was handled in a very seasoned manner.

Of course, the premise for this seasoned approach was that he had spare artifacts; other Purple Mansion cultivators were generally doing quite well if they possessed two or three third-tier high-grade artifacts.

The senior from the Su Family sending four artifacts gave his master room to maneuver; those four artifacts, after being slightly refined, were used to block the Thunder Tribulation, which finally led to a successful breakthrough.

Because the refining time was short and the connection to the artifacts was weak, such artifacts being severely damaged did not cause much harm to the person wielding them.

At the time, upon seeing that tribulation experience, Su Hanyu had asked his master if it were truly like this, wouldn't those who possessed more artifacts have a higher success rate in passing the tribulation?

That was how he thought.

As a result, his master smiled, shook his head, and said: "Hanyu, you must remember, it is not the case that the more artifacts, the better."

"You also fought your way up from being a Loose Cultivator; although there are many artifacts, they cannot necessarily increase one's combat power by much."

"Have you forgotten? If an artifact is not sufficiently refined, it cannot unleash its full power, and at the same time, it will consume more Qi."

Hearing this, Su Hanyu understood instantly.

Indeed, if an artifact had not undergone long-term refining and the connection with the master was not high, it was indeed difficult to unleash its full power.

Only by refining it deeper with the Five Elements Essence could one unleash its powerful might, and perhaps even subtly improve the quality of the artifact.

Hasty refining could only unleash half the power of an artifact, and the process of using it would consume more Qi.

When undergoing the tribulation, for the person doing so, Qi was also extremely important.

Once Qi was depleted, it was an extremely dangerous matter; generally speaking, those undergoing the tribulation would prepare some Spirit Pills to restore Qi in advance.

However, such Spirit Pills that restored Qi in a short time were themselves very scarce, especially the Spirit Pills required for the Purple Mansion Peak, which were even more incredibly scarce.

Therefore, relying on a large number of artifacts to pass the tribulation was not that simple.

Otherwise, wouldn't everyone in those major sects be able to pass the tribulation successfully? Of course, possessing more artifacts did give one a higher probability of passing the tribulation than the average Loose Cultivator.

Just like how his master was able to pass the tribulation this time, it was thanks to those few artifacts.

It was just that Su Hanyu understood that having many artifacts could only be considered an advantage, but it could not become the true foundation for passing the tribulation.

In his view, what could truly become the foundation for his master's successful tribulation was the treasure that quickly restored Qi.

Qi was the true foundation; if one possessed infinite Qi, even without artifacts, one could still cast various defensive divine abilities and techniques, and in fact, one could also pass the Thunder Tribulation.

But clearly, a Purple Mansion cultivator's Qi was only so much; facing the final six paths of lightning, one needed to exert all their strength, and the consumption of Qi was extremely high.

Having watched a Golden Core tribulation from close range, Su Hanyu gained a great deal, and it would be of some help to his own future tribulation.

This was also why Golden Core cultivators constantly emerged from many major sects.

At night, Lin Taihe summoned his several Purple Mansion disciples and four Foundation Establishment disciples to his cave dwelling.

"Eldest, take this jade slip. This is my experience from forming a Golden Core this time, as well as my tribulation experience. From now on, it can become the Inheritance of our Taihe Lineage and be passed down."

Looking at his several disciples, Lin Taihe's expression was very satisfied. Over these years, he had gathered about fifteen disciples here and there, but now, there were only the nine before him.

Among them were five at the Purple Mansion stage and four at the Foundation Establishment stage; it could be said that his lineage was also quite formidable: one Golden Core, five Purple Mansion.

This also demonstrated his teaching ability.

And now, he did not intend to continue taking on disciples; from now on, he would focus his mind on his cultivation and alchemy.

After all, having broken through to the Golden Core, there was now a chance to glimpse the Nascent Soul.

Although he had broken through to the Golden Core at the end of his lifespan, logically speaking, his potential was not great.

But having reached this realm, who would not want to climb to even higher peaks?